Champions League Semi Finals (30th April - 8th May)

PepG

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Suarez is brilliant so far.. Coutinho on the other hand..oh well..
 

Luke1995

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Messi definitely lost pace. He has great acceleration for like 5 seconds, but there were a few situations where he had space to run from a long distance straight to goal and due to not escaping from pressure with his speed, was forced to pass the ball back. A few years ago he was like football's Usain Bolt.
 

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I dearly wish Ajax win this tournament. It could really do with a fresh, revitalizing element at the top of the European Club game, such a pity that this Ajax team is already being cherry picked back to mediocrity, would be great to see their core together over a number of years. Beats enduring Liverpool winning it or Barca being a pale shadow of what they were.
They would struggle to repeat this even if they kept all their players.
 

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wonder how RAWK's taking Suarez being a cnut :drool:
They will probably make some excuse.They have Stockholm syndrome when the subject is Suarez. I think they created a parallel reality where he never tried to leave the club and was always loyal.
 

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Is Roberto really the best RB of Barcelona right now? He looks petrified against Mane.
 

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Absolutely brilliant game this from two great sides. Could do without Barca's acting and general behaviour on the pitch, though.
 

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I hope to feck Suarez is even more cnutish at Anfield next week. Let them morons really question their decision to besmirch their (admittedly already-poor) reputations on a racist prick all those years ago.
 

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Suarez is, was and always will be a cnut on a football pitch. He was one at Ajax, Liverpool and now Barca. If you support the team he plays for, then you love him. If he plays against you, you hate him. It really is that simple.
 

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Do you have the Lays commercial with DDG and Messi and that side of the pond? If that's Dave's real voice he has some serious talent for opera.
 

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Is Roberto really the best RB of Barcelona right now? He looks petrified against Mane.
Semedo is better defensively, but rather poor compared to Roberto going forward.

I was a bit surprised Semedo didn't start because of Mane and his threat.
 

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When Barca add De Jong and De Ligt and an upgrade on Coutinho, they will be unstoppable.
They already have an amazing talent in Dembele. Not sure why he doesn't start more often.
 

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Semi annoyed we haven’t played our best team here considering how well we’ve played. We can win this it’s just when the margins are this fine...

Hopefully we can grab a goal but I’m not seeing it at the moment
 

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I hope to feck Suarez is even more cnutish at Anfield next week. Let them morons really question their decision to besmirch their (admittedly already-poor) reputations on a racist prick all those years ago.
I'd love for him to score at the Kop End and he proceeds to knock out Liverpool in the process.
 

KM

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Semedo is better defensively, but rather poor compared to Roberto going forward.

I was a bit surprised Semedo didn't start because of Mane and his threat.
Ah alright cheers! Roberto seems slow as compared to Mane. Liverpool have largely just played the ball to Mane and created all the chances from there.
 

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Reading the forum makes me regret not watching the match I see. I will not turn it on however, I ruined it before making them win anyway. Never again!
 

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One of my mates who is a Liverpool fan said before the game that one of the reasons he has that stat of not being taken on is because he backs off quite a lot when an attacker is running towards him
Which is the smart thing to do in most situations. He's really good at backing off while cutting away the angles, which slows down the attacker and allows his teammates to get back and help